Mercaptobenzothiazole or the mercapto-mix: Which should be in the standard series?

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-38

  Diepgen, Thomas L ^a   Bruynzeel, Derk P ^b   Andersen, Klaus E ^c   Brandão, Francisco M ^d   Bruze, Magnus ^e   Gonçalo, Margarida ^f   Goossens, A N ^g   Lahti, Arto ^h   Mahler, Vera ⁱ   Menné, Torkil ^j   White, Ian R ^k   Wilkinson, John D ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^j GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^k ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^l AMERSHAM HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Contact dermatitis; Delayed type allergy; European standard series; Mercapto mix; Mercaptobenzothiazole

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ALLERGEN; MERCAPTOBENZOTHIAZOLE; PETROLATUM; RUBBER; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EUROPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD;

BENZOTHIAZOLES; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; EUROPE; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TESTS; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33745629037     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2006.00864.x     Document Type: Article

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